Tips for accessible Autoplay
- If possible avoid autoplaying
- If possible avoid looping
- If you must autoplay, play it less than 5 seconds and then pause
- Overlay a pause/play button on top of the background video may be in top or bottom right
- Make sure hitting the ‘Esc’ key will stop it playing.
- Avoid combining audio with animations unless absolutely necessary.
- Disable it alltogether for people who have Reduce motion preference enabled
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